HeartsOpenWide RN

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    Quit or be fired

    HeartsOpenWide replied to mediatix8's topic in General Nursing

    They can not fire you for no reason. They will be breaking labor laws. They can lay you off which does not look bad on your part and you can still collect unemployment. Don't let them make you think...
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    Advice on 12 hour shifts

    HeartsOpenWide replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Stay away from Croc. They have no arch support and will kill your feet before the shift is over, at least they did for me. I have a pair of Keens and LOVE them. You have to find what is right for you....
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    homes

    HeartsOpenWide replied to JonB04's topic in General Nursing

    I find websites like these to be grossly
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    homes

    HeartsOpenWide replied to JonB04's topic in General Nursing

    California is diverse. There is no average. A girl I work with, her boyfriend who is a nurse just got a job 5 hours away that pays $25 MORE and hour and the cost of living is not really
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    Can nursing student working at the doctor's office perform blood draw?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to miniangel729's topic in General Students

    I use to work as a medical assistant before nursing school. Here in California I could draw blood in the physicians office. Never the hospital. Unless the rules have changed you should be able to draw...
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    RNs, does your salary let you live cormfortably?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to JonB04's topic in General Nursing

    People assume that if you are in California it means you make good money. I make $22.22/hr in the hospital. The average house in my area is in the $250k-$300K range and not anything special. If my...
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    How to refer to self when writing a nursing note

    HeartsOpenWide replied to lashuna1028's topic in General Nursing

    Unless I am writing something that some one else did (.i.e. SVE by MD: 8cm, 0 station, 100%) it seems implied that I did it: 0130: Massaged fundus to firm, nickle sized clot expelled, VSS; educated...
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    how is health insurance for nurses?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to j119's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on where you work. My first job the insurance was AWESOME. My insurance now SUCKS, and is worse than an
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    camo scrubs.. opinion

    HeartsOpenWide replied to b2sai's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I use to have a pair of Camo Scrubs when I was a poor nursing student; I got whatever was on sale for under $10. When I was doing a preceptorship in the Birth Center I am now an employee of I had a...
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    Biting your tongue when it comes to visitors!!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to KSU-SN's topic in General Nursing

    We have a buzzer to let people in our locked unit. Of course no one reads the sign that says "we are taking care of mom's and babies please be patient"....some people press that dang button until you...
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    Do your hospitals have bed bug problems?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to happy2learn's topic in General Nursing

    Bed bugs? Our linen is changed daily and our beds are covered in plastic. How are you getting bed
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    How to get into competitive BSN program

    HeartsOpenWide replied to AL1992's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Get a letter from one of the doctors you work with writing a letter of recommendation for you. I graduated with honors at my JC, had volunteer experience, and past medical experience. Although it was...
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    Flu shot this year

    HeartsOpenWide replied to kenpochic's topic in General Students

    The last place I worked at required it. If you did not get the shot you had to wear a mask your entire shift for the entire flu season. I am extremely claustrophobic and pass out when I have to gown...
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    New grad and registry..Does this sound kosher

    HeartsOpenWide replied to sweetpickle's topic in Agency Nurses

    Independent contractors? So they do not pay for workman's comp. Work as a nurse without workman's comp? Not for
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    Public Health and birth control

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    And drug addicts and prostitutes are more than likely going to need Plan B some time during their care... So you choose who you are going to be judgmental with? A judgment on making a
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    DVT and Homan's sign

    HeartsOpenWide replied to HarmonyW's topic in General Nursing

    We learned in school that checking for Homan's Sign is controversial because you can throw a DVT in the process. Some instructors even said we should not check for it at all. The way my OB teacher...
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    Public Health and birth control

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    Just like you do not think it would be fair for you to have to discuss abortion or give out Plan B; many nurses and patients feel it is unfair for a patient to get the "luck of the draw" when it comes...
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    Public Health and birth control

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    Would you rather them get a medical abortion then at 12wks because some one like you refused to give them something when it could have been prevented before implantation? Public Health is perhaps the...
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    Public Health and birth control

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    You obviously do no know how the pill works then. It is not a form of abortion and does not terminate a pregnancy. If the woman is pregnant and takes the morning after pill she will still be pregnant....
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    What do some L&D nurses have against doulas?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to anon456's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In my hospital, we usually love the doulas. They are a big help and make our job so much easier. I work in a fairly "groovy" in hospital birth center that has won several awards for % in VBAC, and low...
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    am I crazy to even think about this?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Lola77's topic in General Nursing

    Unless you are commuting to S.F. and making $60/hr I don't think it is worth it. You have to consider what it will do to your marriage
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    Nursing and sexual orientation

    HeartsOpenWide replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is the culture of the hospital. Three women I work with are lesbians. No one thinks any differently than them. It is not like they talk about their sex life or anything. But neither do any...
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    New nurses thinking of leaving nursing

    HeartsOpenWide replied to mswim's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You are replaceable. And now that there are so many nurse (experience and new grads) unemployed you are even more replaceable than before. There is no longer any need to keep nursing staff happy,...
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    RN use of ultrasound in fetal demise cases

    HeartsOpenWide replied to April Tyler's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can tell you who is wrong. In my state the doctor violated an EMTALA violation for not coming in and physically seeing the
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    Hate nursing school, hate bedside, will I like public health better?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to SaraFL's topic in Public, Community Health

    Depending on what state you are in a BSN is required for public health. If you hate the paperwork you might not like public health; it is a LOT of